"If You Were with Me Now" is a song written by British songwriting team Mike Stock and

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, Australian pop singer

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, and American R&B singer

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for Minogue's fourth studio album, ''

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'' (1991). The song was produced by Stock and Waterman. The song was released as the second

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in October 1991 and reached number four on the

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, as well as the top 10 in Ireland and the top 30 in Australia. The song is Minogue's first hit single to feature her as a co-writer. Both Minogue and Washington recorded their vocals separately at

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's studio in London; the two did not meet until the

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filming. At no moment of the video do they appear together, and there are no obvious signs that the scenes of each of them were recorded at the same location.

Critical reception

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's Nick Levine called the track a "slushy duet". Writing Minogue's biography for her special on Australian music video programme '' Rage'', they called the song one of the "richly beautiful ballads".

Track listings

Australian and UK CD single # "If You Were with Me Now" – 3:10 # "

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" – 5:59 # "If You Were with Me Now" (extended version) – 5:06 Australian and UK cassette single, UK 7-inch single # "If You Were with Me Now" – 3:10 # "I Guess I Like It Like That" – 3:30 UK 12-inch single # "If You Were with Me Now" – 5:06 # "I Guess I Like It Like That" – 5:59

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:If You Were With Me Now 1991 singles 1991 songs Keith Washington songs Kylie Minogue songs Male–female vocal duets Mushroom Records singles Pete Waterman Entertainment singles Songs written by Keith Washington Songs written by Kylie Minogue Songs written by Mike Stock (musician) Songs written by Pete Waterman